The US Postal Service, its workforce, and US citizens are under attack. PostTruth has created this video in response to the hype perpetuated in the mainstream media. It is a call to action to Save the People’s Post Office. Please watch, share and help spread the truth to every corner of the country.
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STOP THE ASSAULT ON THE MIDDLE CLASS
The lawmakers and legislators ‘do not’ have the legal and lawful authority to enact legislation to affect the UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE as it is a private industry and is governed by its own funding sources; management and unionized labor contracts.
We, the postal workers, DEMAND:
1. An independent Grand Jury probe and investigation into former postmaster, (John Potter’s), executive pay and severance compensation package upon his retirement.
2. An independent Grand Jury probe and investigation into the $75,000,000.00 the USPS was forced to use to pre-fund employee’s retirement and health care costs.
3. An independent Grand Jury probe and investigation of the OIG that has uncovered USPS overcharges from UPS and FEDEX contracts.
4. An independent Grand Jury probe and investigation into representative Darrel Issa’s; (taxpayers funded); web site; a production of the ‘HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM’ and private business enterprises.
5. An independent Grand Jury probe and investigation into; (as we speak), losses in revenue from all the metal and recyclable materials that are being dismantled in all of the closings to date.
ON SEPT 27 2011 POSTAL WORKERS WILL BE RALLYING IN ALL CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO URGE CONGRESS TO SUPPORT H.R. 1351 A BILL TO RESOLVE THE POSTOFFICE CRISIS.
WE ASK ALL AMERICANS TO TO JOIN US AT THE RALLY.
THIS RALLY IS ALSO TO OPPOSE H.R.2309 A BILL FROM CONGRESSMAN ISSA
WHO IS OUT TO DESTROY THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE.
VISIT saveamericapostalserice.org for the latest news about the SEPT 27TH 2011 RALLY
What I would like to know is how there can be a 50 to 75 billion dollar overpayment! HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? WHO IS RESPONSIBLE for that?? Seems to me it’s not just Issa and Repubs that are intent on destroying the USPS. Seems to me they’re getting help from the inside. And honestly, I have posted this video all over the net. Even contacted Bill Maher, Jon Stewart and Michael Moore about it. WHAT ARE THE UNIONS DOING ABOUT THIS? Why are the unions not acting PROACTIVELY to save their membership’s jobs. This entire situation reeks of collusion. Every single postal worker needs to get off their collective asses and PRESSURE their unions to spend on pubic education. Hell, more than half this country thinks that taxpayers pay postal worker’s salaries. They are buying the lies and propaganda. Get the unions to do their jobs!
Wake Up America! This is what Eisenhower meant in his departing speech?? Issa and his ilk will sell us to China in his stolen Masserati!@#$%?????
The USPS has always been top heavy. At my facility, we only 2 MDO’s – 1 for each floor instead we have 3. What a waste!! we have a skeleton crew. The good old boys club died a long time ago. This policy of giving my friend a management job is over and should have been over a long time ago. This policy should have been killed a long long time ago. This waste of money has dragged us down for too long. Big salaries and big pensions for doing nothing but showing up. Never had to use their annual leave or sick leave. Just got paid regardless. This mismanagement has caused the USPS to be partly in the bad shape it is in.
I would hope that the USPS gets up, in self defense, some kind of professional public relations office to feed the media the USPS side of the story. It sounds like the Government holds all the media attention cards.
JUST SEEN THE VIDEO…IT’S REALLY FUNNY THAT BUSH [REPUBLICAN] PASSED THAT BILL WHEN HE WAS IN OFFICE & NOW THE OLDEST FEDERAL INSTITUTION IS ON THE VERGE OF BEING SHUT DOWN. THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT CUTTING JOBS. THEY NEED TO START FROM THE TOP & WORK THEIR WAY DOWN. WE DON’T NEED ALL THOSE BOSSES IF WE HAVE LESS WORKERS!!!!! OUR REVENUE IS BASED ON OUR SALES…NOT LIKE THESE FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES THAT THE SAME CONGRESS GAVE BAILOUTS TO. ALL MY POSTAL FAMILIES, WE MUST UNITED & VOTE AGAINST ISSA’S INSANE PROPOSAL!!!! HE’S JUST TRYING TO FATTEN HIS POCKETS. IT’S SO SAD THAT GREED & SELF-SURVIVAL RUNS OUR GREAT COUNTRY.
Oh, and it was a nice touch how they mention that Bush signed the bill. I’m pretty sure it was democrats that controlled both houses that passed the bill. Even if Bush vetoed it, Congress would have passed it anyways.
When did democrats decide republicans are against the middle class? I’m a republican middle class citizen. My biggest expenses come out of my pay check before I ever see it. Taxes, Social Security, Medicare, and everything else. I don’t buy anything on credit, so my monthly “bills” are small in comparison to what is TAKEN away from me by the government. And now they want to raise the taxes even more (for those of you that think it will only raise taxes on the “rich” may need to lay off those prescription drugs).
The Government “forced” the postal service to pay into these pension funds? If the Unions collective bargaining agreements did not call for such ridiculous pensions, they wouldn’t have to pay into it.
Biggest problem to any company is the Unions that control the employees. They are obsolete. If you’re a good employee you can have a say in your salary and other benefits. Unions are not needed to protect an employees wages and safety anymore. That is what OSHA and the federal minimum wage was created for.
I don’t know anyone that is working in an unsafe coal mine for pennies a day anymore. Which are one of the reasons unions came to be.
Agree 100% with you. Donahoe came up through the ranks and was once a shop steward. And that idiot Issneeds to be investagated by congress.
Issa and the Republicans just want to privatize the Post Office so they or a private corp. can benefit financially or politically with campaign reelection cash
And Terry sang:
This is the end
Beautiful friend
This is the end
My only friend, the end
Of our elaborate plans, the end
Of everything that stands, the end
No safety or surprise, the end
I’ll never look into your eyes…again
What is happening to our country? These morans who are trying to run a business are destroying it. Get rid of the idiots, postmaster general Donahue and Rep. Issa. They both need to take a slow ride to China and keep going.
POSTMASTER GENERAL DONAHUE HAS BEEN HANGING OUT IN BARS TOO LONG. HOW CAN HE SIT IN WASHINGTON AND COLLECT BONUSES WHEN HIS BUSINESS IS FAILING. YOU ARE ONLY SUPPOSED TO COLLECT A BONSUS WHEN YOUR BUSINESS IS THRIVING UNDER THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP. HE IS NOT ONLY FAILING THE POST OFFICE, BUT IT COULD BE CONSIDERED CRIMINAL FOR COLLECTING MONIES FOR FAILURE. HE SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED IMMEDIATELY AT THE VERY LEAST AND SHOULD BE REPLACED A.S.A.P. WE NEED SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO RUN A BUSINESS. THIS GUY IS NOT CAPABLE OF RUNNING A HOT DOG STAND!!! MY 105 YEAR OLD GRANDMOTHER COULD DO A BETTER JOB THAN THIS FOOL. OR MAYBE A CHIMPANZEE.
AS THE POST OFFICE GOES SO GOES THIS COUNTRY. TELL REP ISSA DO THE COUNTRY A FAVOR AND HANG HIMSELF. WHO NEEDS THIS MORON TALKING NONSENSE WITH HIS INSANE PROPOSALS. HE DON’T WORK, HIS FOOLISH IDEAS WON’T WORK. PEOPLE LIKE HIM ARE A DANGER TO THE COUNTRY. HE HAS THE BRAIN OF A LENTIL, IF THAT BIG.!!!
Funny, Postmaster General Pat Donahoe never mentioned a word about (reducing) Management or Supervisor positions as part of a cost savings measure. With Postal Employees tripping over the redundancy of having multiple layers of Boss`s being paid Pay for Performance Bonus`s to monitor their workers sick leave usage, would you expect a different outcome? The only satisfaction that Labor represented employees will have is seeing Management (also) lose (their) Jobs when the Postal Service Ship finally sinks! What goes around eventually comes around, just saying…
it is time………………………. ” VIVA THE REVOLUTION”
Brilliant! Thank you so much for putting this video together!